Westfield, West Lothian

Westfield
Scottish Gaelic: an t-Achadh Siar
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fish meal factory, by Westfield
Westfield  Westfield shown within West Lothian
OS grid reference	NS937723
Civil parish	Torphichen
Council area	West Lothian
Lieutenancy area	West Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BATHGATE
Postcode district	EH48
Dialling code	01506
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish Parliament	Linlithgow
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Westfield (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Achadh Siar) is a small village of around 180 houses located in the parish of Torphichen in West Lothian, Scotland. The village was focused for many decades on a local paper mill that closed in the 1990s. Much of the housing in the village was or is owned by West Lothian Council but there have been recurrent plans for major new private housebuilding since the 1970s, as yet unfulfilled.

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The disused railway viaduct crosses the river Avon at Westfield

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Quiet little village in the county of West Lothian, Scotland. Nr J5 of M8 and J5 M9. Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth city centres 45 minute drive.

The village has a primary school and post office/shop. It was formerly a paper-making centre and a fish-meal works is still operating near the village. Westfield forms part of Linlithgow Constituency and is represented in the Scottish Parliament by Fiona Hyslop and in the UK Parliament by Michael Connarty. Westfield is part of Armadale and Blackridge Ward on West Lothian Council and is represented by Stuart Borrowman (Independent), Jim Dixon (Labour) and Isabel Hutton (Scottish National Party). The village has had at least one SNP councillor since 1963, the longest continuous representation by that party anywhere.

External links

• West Lothian On Demand - Westfield Paper Mill Collected Memories with video.